Chapter 14: Strong Reform (3)

Chongzhen's words caused a huge wave, if the system of the Internal Inspection Yuan can be implemented, the power of the official will be greatly restricted. In the political system of the Ming Dynasty, the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info was divided into the inner court and the outer court, which constrained each other and maintained the balance between the various forces in the court. However, such a balance is actually an imperfect system, and it is easy to form a tilt or collusion with each other. The eunuchs and foreign ministers formed an almost deformed relationship, if they formed a state of tilting with each other, it would cause waste within the Ming regime, resulting in damage to the national strength, and hurting the national capital of the Ming Empire. However, if the eunuchs and foreign ministers collude with each other, it will endanger the imperial power, and the emperor's authority will be completely hollowed out, and even reduced to the level of puppets.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty all understand that such a wonderful relationship is skillfully managed. The various forces sometimes cooperate with each other, sometimes attack each other, and the power of the forces is one after the other, forming a whirlpool that seems to be harmonious on the surface, but in fact has a turbulent undercurrent, slowly devouring everyone who enters this whirlpool. And the emperor in the center of the whirlpool is the best balance point to maintain this whirlpool, as soon as there is a wind and grass, it will be turbulent at the lightest, and it will form an unstoppable storm at the worst, swallowing everyone without even a bone left.

Huang Liji looked at Chongzhen sitting on the dragon chair, and his eyes were no longer afraid of imperial power, but excited. Huang Liji seemed to see the hope of the Ming Dynasty's Zhongxing, and he had waited too long for this day. Hope can bring people far more than anything in reality, and as long as a person has hope, he can overcome all the difficulties encountered in the process of moving forward. Only those who have experienced despair will understand how precious hope is. Huang Liji started at the end of the micro, he had the ambition to serve the country, but the Ming Dynasty continued to fight for the party, and the national strength gradually moved towards decadence. The initial edges and corners have been smoothed out in the face of reality again and again. The flame of ideals that once burned is also being extinguished at any time. At this moment, Chongzhen gave Huang Liji the greatest hope, and the flame that was about to be annihilated was injected with new energy at this moment, and it was rekindled violently.

Chongzhen looked at the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart, this Ming world is now tied to his own hands. Chongzhen still clearly remembers that after Li Zicheng invaded the capital, the historical Emperor Chongzhen complained that all officials did not come to the court, and when the desperate bell rang in the Forbidden City, the desperately resisting royal guards and garrison eunuchs died tragically under the swords of the righteous army. Unbeknownst to Emperor Chongzhen, his loyal ministers had committed suicide a day before him, as the outer city of Beijing had already been breached on the first day. Fan Jingwen, a scholar of Dongge University, Ni Yuanlu, a scholar and a bachelor of the household department, Li Banghua, the imperial history of the left capital, Shi Bangyao, the deputy imperial history of the left capital, Wang Jiayan, the right attendant of the military department, Ling Yiqu of Dali Temple, Wei Xuelian, the right attendant of the criminal department, Meng Zhaoxiang, the imperial history Chen Liangmo, Xu Zhi of the ministry, Cheng Dequan of the military department, Wu Ganzhong of the household department, and Jin Xuan, the director of the military department, and other loyal ministers and good generals committed suicide. Chongzhen will sweat coldly every time he thinks about it, this Ming world, there are internal and external troubles, but there is never a shortage of loyal ministers and good generals. Chongzhen doesn't want to see so many loyal ministers end up with hatred, Chongzhen wants to kill a bloody way, if the killing is really unavoidable, then this butcher knife must be held tightly in his hand, otherwise, this Ming will be a catastrophe again.

Chongzhen didn't give the ministers too much time to be surprised, his eyes became extremely firm, and he said loudly: "I appointed Shi Fenglai as the first envoy of the Internal Investigation Academy, in order to avoid Lord Shi being too busy, from now on, the Ministry of Rites will be dismissed, and the Ministry of Rites will be temporarily served by Lord Huang Liji. ”

Shi Feng came to Pinghu, Zhejiang Province, since the awarding of the editor, the official Shao Zhan Shi and the Ministry of Rites waiter, with the Ministry of Rites Shangshu into the cabinet. Now sixty-four years old, it is already a great honor for me to be able to enter the cabinet at the age of knowing the destiny of heaven as a secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and it is already a great honor to be at the top of the official. Shi Fenglai was actually a little tired of the struggle in the court, and he was already very satisfied with being able to serve as a pavilion elder. The rights and wrongs in the officialdom, Shi Fenglai knows best, in order to achieve his goal, he has never been confined to vulgar etiquette, and his official voice is not good. To be honest, Shi Fenglai couldn't imagine that Chongzhen could appoint himself as the first person to be the envoy of the Internal Investigation Institute, which means that Chongzhen trusted him.

Therefore, Shi Fenglai looked at Chongzhen with doubtful eyes and said, "Minister, I am panicked, I am afraid that I will not be able to do it." ”

Chongzhen had been observing Shi Fenglai and had read a lot of information from his puzzled eyes. He understood Shi Fenglai's worries, but he believed that Shi Fenglai, only unscrupulous people, could be qualified for the position of envoy of the Internal Investigation Academy. If there is a pedantic person, the internal inspection institute will not play a role, but on the contrary, it will cause constraints. Therefore, Chongzhen ignored Shi Fenglai's excuses.

"Master Shi, don't be too modest, I have been thinking about it for a long time, this is your responsibility, you don't have to resign, this matter is decided. After the meeting, you should think carefully about how to arrange the specific arrangements, and the funds should be allocated directly by the household department. Chongzhen didn't give Shi Fenglai a chance to refuse again, and made a decision directly.

"Obey." Shi Fenglai saw that Chongzhen was so resolute and didn't say anything more. He knew that for a long time to come, there might not be any days of calm.

The Internal Inspection Institute is the first step of Chongzhen's reform, and there are many changes to be made in the future, but Chongzhen understands that governing a large country is like cooking a small fresh, and it must not be rushed, otherwise, it will backfire and cause unnecessary trouble. The responsibility of the Internal Inspection Institute is not only to supervise the spoken, what Chongzhen wants to do is to let it gradually replace Jinyiwei. The number of officials in the Ming Dynasty seemed to be very balanced, but the weight of the inner court gradually increased, which brought a lot of heavy burdens to the entire Ming Dynasty. To supervise hundreds of officials, what is needed is a good system, not to put everyone at risk; It needs a good operating mechanism, not like a thief-proof, widely distributed spies and contain everywhere.

The Internal Investigation Yuan, directly under the orders of Chongzhen, served the supreme ruler, but could not give him the power to interfere in the government. This will form a separate department. In Chongzhen's heart, one day, to let this inconspicuous internal inspection institute deter all the petty people, Chongzhen believes that this day will not be too far away.